Egg sheller



J. YATES EGG SHELLER July 22, 1947.

Filed Jan. 17, 1944 Patented July 22, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Q4 claims. (omge-fg) This invention relates to a cooked orhardboiled egg sheller, and has for thev primaryobject the provision of a `device of this character which the shell of which has `been broken, arranged therein so that the water pressure may be utilthe egg from the device free of shell particles and foreign matter,v presenting the egg ready for use as a food in a highly sanitary condition.

With these and other objects in View as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and claimed. For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in whichJ Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating an egg sheller constructed in accordance with my invention, and showing the sneller attached to a fragmentary portion of a faucet.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the device in applied position on the fragmentary portion of the fauc Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figurel is a fragmentary side elevation, partly in section, illustrating an adapter for applying the present invention to a faucet having a nonthreaded nozzle.

ized in removing the broken shell. and torforce Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates as an entirety a device especially adapted for removing the shell from a cooked egg through the use of water pressure received from a faucet of a water System and consists of telescopic sections 6 and 'I provided with a gasket 8 therebetween to act as a seal to prevent water from escaping between the telescopic sections.

The section 6 is of a substantially inverted cup-shape having integral therewith and in communication with the interior thereof a tubular externally and annularly flanged neck 9 equipped with a faucet attaching sleeve Il) internally cushion seat I3 then acooked egg, which has 4threaded and provided with an internal annular flange toabut the flange of the neck 9. A gasket `II engages with, the .flangeof the neck 9 within thesleeve I0 .sor thatwhen the latter is threaded onto'lafaucet I 2, as shown in Figure 2, the gasket will establish a leakproof connection between the neckand the faucet.

.The section 'I is of substantially tubular shape having its upper end slightly. tapered or flared internally to facilitate the passing of the section therein along with the gasket 8. The other end of the section 'I is provided with an internal 'annular flange I 2 embedded in a cushion seat'or ring I 3 whichprotrudes a .limited distance outwardly ofthe section 'I at the flanged end of said section. The gasket 8,1its tightly within a groove I4 provided in the section 6 to prevent displacement of the gasket -duringthe adjustment of the telescopic sections 6 and 1 relative to each other. A cushion seat or ring I5 is suitably secured within the section 6 and cooperates with the in supporting a cooked egg within the telescopicv sections, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2.

Upstanding ears I6 arranged opposite to each other are formed on the's'ection 'Iand are' provided with a plurality of slots I'I opening outwardly through an edge thereof. It is preferable i' that Ithe slots incline'upwardly toward their open 'I togetherland whereby the section 'I may. be

`adjusted toward and from the section 6 forthe purpose of accommodatingin the seats eggs of differentsizesf In operation, the sleeve Ill together Withthe attached cup 6 is first applied to the faucet and had the shell thoroughly cracked is arranged within the sections 6 andlll and the latter connected with each other so that the egg is firmly engaged with the seats. The faucet is then opened so that the water pressure may pass into the section 6 and act on the egg, forcing the egg downwardly through the seat I3 which acts to remove the shell particles from the egg so that on the latter leaving the seat I3 it will be free of shell particles and cleansed of foreign matter ready for eating or other uses.

The cushion seat I3 has a substantially conical shaped opening to engage and to receive the egg so that the egg protrudes a limited distance outwardly of the lower end of the seat I3. The seat I5 also is provided with an opening therethrough, a portion of which is of substantially conical or downwardly flared formation to engage with the egg and cooperates with the seat |3 in supporting the egg prior to the water acting thereon. Thus it will be seen that a device has been provided which may be readily adapted to a faucet so that water pressure may be employed for removing or peeling from the egg the shell which has been previously broken or thoroughly cracked so that on the egg being forced from the device, it will be free of shell particles and other foreign matter.

In order that the present invention may be adapted to a faucet in which the nozzle is nonthreaded, a fitting I9 is provided including a threaded section 29 adapted to thread into the sleeve I9 against the gasket 4and has secured thereto a section 2| constructed of yieldable material such as rubber. The section 2| is adapted to be placed over the non-threaded end or nozzle of the faucet and frictionally engage therewith. Surrounding the section 2| is a split clamp 22 provided with an ear 23 on one end and a pair of ears 24 on the other end thereof. The ear 23 is provided with a screw-threaded opening to receive a threaded stem 25 provided with a finger piece 26. The stem 25 passes freely through openings in the pair of ears 24. A collar 21 is arranged between the pair of ears 24 and is pinned or. obviously, otherwise secured rmly on the'stem 25 so that when the stem is rotated in one direction, the split clamp will be caused to contract and tightly secure the section 2| of the tting I9 on the faucet. The rotation of the stem 25 in a reverse direction, brings about an expansion of the split sleeve so that the section 2| of the tting I9 may be readily removed or applied to the nozzle of the faucet. A rubber covering 28 is applied to the split clamp to substantially cover the latter.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may he made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an egg sheller of the character described, telescopic, hollow, open-ended, complemental sections having cooperatively opposed, aligned and endwise spaced-apart cushion seat rings to receive therebetween a cooked egg the shell of which has been previously broken and with one end of the egg protruding from one of said sections, means detachably connecting the sections endwise together, and means connecting the other section to a faucet of a water or fluid pressure system.

2. In an egg sheller of the character described, telescopic, hollow, open-ended, complemental sections, means for adjustably and detachably connecting said sections endwise together ln axial alignment, said sections having meetingly flared, endwise spaced-apart seat rings to receive between them a cooked egg the shell of which has been previously broken and with one end of the egg positioned to protrude through an opening in the outer end of one of said sections, and means for connecting the outer end of the other section to a faucet of a water or iluid pressure system.

3. The herein described egg sheller comprising telescopic, hollow, open-ended, complemental inner and outer sections, the inner section including a fixture at one end for connection thereof to a faucet of a water or fluid supply system under pressure, a gasket provided to fit between the telescopic sections so as to form a leak-proof seal between said sections, means for detachably and adjustably connecting the sections endwise together in annularly overlapped relation, and opposed, meetingly flared, aligned and endwise spaced-apart yieldable seats arranged in said sections to receive a cooked egg the shell of which has been previously broken, and said seats being adapted to support the egg therebetween with one end of the egg protruding beyond one of the seats outwardly of the open end of the outer one of the sections.

4. The herein described egg sheller comprising telescopic, hollow, open-ended, complemental inner and outer sections, the inner section including a neck at one open end thereof, a rotatable internally threaded sleeve on said neck, said neck and sleeve having cooperative provision for holding them against endwise separation but permitting rotation of the one upon the other, means for adjustably and detachably connecting the meeting end portions of the sections together, the necked section being of inverted cup-shape and the other section being of substantially cylindrical shape, and axially aligned and endwise spaced-apart annular cushion seats arranged in the sections to support a cooked egg between them the shell of which egg has been previously broken, and one end of the egg protruding outwardly beyond the seat and outwardly of the open cnd of the outer one of said sections.

JAKE YATES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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